Matthew’s Top of the Hill Daly City … en Espanol!

I’ve always considered Steven Matthew David as a very important local television personality, but not quite in the highest tier. He’s like the baseball player who is always on the Hall of Fame ballot, but doesn’t get voted in until his last chance. Steven Matthew David is the Bert Blyleven of 1980s Bay Area television commercial pitchmen.

But this wonderful commercial, posted on YouTube by phatsounds02, is making me reconsider. I love that David took the time to record a commercial in Spanish. Seriously, he could have hired someone, or forced made one of his bilingual employees do the voice-over. But David was the head of the company, so damn it he was going to record the commercial. And based on my “donde esta la biblioteca?” level of Spanish, I think he did an OK job. He makes up for any pronunciation shortcomings by really selling this ad. Obtenga un bicicleta!

Now I’m wondering if there are other unseen Matthew’s TV and Stereo City commercials in different languages. How do you say “Get a bike!” in Tagalog? How about Cantonese?

Just one question. Why aren’t the guys being interviewed speaking Spanish?

Pretty much the same ad, in English, is below. If you’re multilingual, please use the comments to translate “Get a bike” into your second/third/fourth language. (Using an online translator = cheating.) I’m hoping we can all end the day speaking the phrase in Navajo.